MEGAFAUNA DO PLEISTOCENO SUPERIOR DE SERGIPE, BRASIL: REGISTROS TAXONÔMICOS E CRONOLÓGICOS

Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia

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Instituto de Geociências, Cx. P. 15001
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ISSN: 15197530
Editor Chefe: João Carlos Coimbra
Início Publicação: 31/05/2001
Periodicidade: Quadrimestral
Área de Estudo: Geociências

MEGAFAUNA DO PLEISTOCENO SUPERIOR DE SERGIPE, BRASIL: REGISTROS TAXONÔMICOS E CRONOLÓGICOS

Ano: 2011 | Volume: 14 | Número: 3
Autores: MÁRIO ANDRÉ TRINDADE DANTAS, KLEBERSON DE OLIVEIRA PORPINO, SORAIA GIRARDI BAUERMANN,ANA PAULA DO NASCIMENTO PRATA, MARIO ALBERTO COZZUOL, ANGELA KINOSHITA, JEAM HAROLDO OLIVEIRA BARBOSA , OSWALDO BAFFA
Autor Correspondente: MÁRIO ANDRÉ TRINDADE DANTAS | [email protected]

Palavras-chave: Smilodon populator, Pachyarmatherium brasiliense, Toxodon platensis, ESR dating, Quaternary.

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Resumo Inglês:

LATE PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNA FROM
SERGIPE, BRAZIL: TAXONOMIC AND CHRONOLOGICAL
RECORDS. The Sergipe State is included in the Intertropical Region
of Brazil (= IRB), and its fauna of large (biomass > 44 kg) and
megamammals (biomass > 1000 kg) is still unknown. This paper
reports three taxa for Fazenda Charco locality: Toxodon platensis
Owen, Smilodon populator Lund, and Pachyarmatherium
brasiliense Porpino, Fernicola & Bergqvist; the latter constitutes
the first record for this northeastern state of Brazil. Ages for the
three faunal localities (Fazenda Elefante, Gararu Municipality;
Fazenda Charco and Fazenda São José, Poço Redondo
Municipality) are estimated between 50,000 and 38,000 years BP,
and this period of time includes two different climates. Finally, the
present authors are engaged in an ongoing project to elucidate in
more detail the ecology of the species found in the IRB.